Eurycea bislineata & habitat

[mike]

It is cold and snowy here in Michigan right now, so I thought I would post some salamander photos from this past october. First some habitat shots:

This is a stream in Allegheny County, NY, that I've been visiting for many years. On the day I visited it last october, I found a few Eurycea bislineata in the water. Here's a photo of one:

On other visits, I've found several other species of salamanders in the stream or in the surrounding woods. These include Desmognathus fuscus, Plethodon cinereus, P. glutinosus, Ambystoma maculatum, Notophthalmus viridescens, and Gyrinophilus porphyriticus.

 

[michelle]

Beautiful pictures! Your very lucky and I'm very jealous.

 

[john]

Those are some excellent pics!

 

[ralf]

Thanks for sharing, Mike. Quite a few years ago I had the luck of seeing this species in a similar habitat in St. Lawrence County, N.Y..

 

[cameron]

Wow those are really nice pics. What camera did you use?

 

[mike]

Thanks, I'm glad you all enjoyed the photos.

Cameron, the bottom three were taken with a Canon digital rebel and an 80 mm Tamron macro lens.

 

[cameron]

Nice! I need to get a good camera.

(Message edited by slimy on February 13, 2007)

 

[ryan]

Me to you should see my rediculos pics

 

[joseph]

Beautiful photos and habitat! This is probably among the most beautiful of small NA plethodontids, IMO of course.

 

[pin-pin]

That's a wonderful habitat and the detail on the your photos is amazing as usual.

Do they hang out openly in the water like the photos or did you have to check under the rocks?

 

[mike]

I have never seen the adults of this species out during the day. The individual from the photo was found in a clump of submerged leaves. However, I have seen them out in the water and crawling about on the ground on wet nights.